Date with 20 cultural heritage sites at Cultural and Natural Heritage Day (14)

14. Mountain Resort and its outlying temples, Chengde

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2017 shows the view of Chengde summer resort in north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Liu Mancang) 

In terms of the general layout, architectural styles, construction techniques, decoration details and garden landscape, the Mountain Resort, a vast complex of palaces and administrative and ceremonial buildings built between 1703 and 1792, represents the broad exchange and convergence between Han culture and the ethnic cultures - Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism - and the architectural styles between China's north and south.

Covering a total area of 611.2 hectares, the Mountain Resort has temples of many architectural styles and imperial gardens blend effortlessly into a landscape of lakes, pastureland and forests.

The Mountain Resort was added to the list on December 15, 1994.